Religion

Today religion is no more or less important to the Sami than to other people in Sweden. But once upon a time they believed in a cosmos divided into three spheres: the underworld, the real world and the celestial world. Shamans foretold the future and communicate with the gods with the help of sacred drums. Towards the end of the 17th century the state decided to christianize the Sami by force and the sacred drums were burned.